Grasslands National Park of Canada

In Danger Today

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) makes designations on native species for mammals, birds, amphibians, fishes, arthropods, molluscs, plants, mosses and lichens. The following is a list of the species at risk in Grasslands National Park of Canada according to the COSEWIC assessment. Committee members meet at least once a year to discuss and evaluate Canadian species.

The Parks Canada Agency administers 145 national historic sites, 41 national parks and reserves and 3 national marine conservation areas. Of these, three have been designated as priority sites by Parks Canada. Due to the large number of species at risk in the Grasslands National Park of Canada and area, it has been designated as one of those priority sites.

Extinct: A species that no longer exists.

Extirpated: A species no longer existing in the wild in Canada, but occurring elsewhere.